Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-13

the new stone dam of the Little Androscoggin
Water Power Company, Monday afternoon,
and taken to his friends. The injured man
is more comfortable. Courier and Roi were
in the direct path of the rim of iron and did
not see its approach. Messrs. Bearce & Cliff
ford. the masonry contractors, desire it said
| that the men were not in their employ, and
that they had nothing to do with the rim of
iron that caused the accident. A fatality
seems to attend this same rim of iron. Earlier
| in the day it was in front of the machine shop
and the workmen were hammering upon it.
A passing horse became frightened and nearly
precipitated the lady driving over an embank-
| ment on the other side of the street.
ARoosrooK.
The Pioneer printed at Houlton says
About o'clock Tuesday evening the 4th, as
George Sutherland, a lad of fifteen, was re-
turning home from Ashland, on the road to
Portage Lake, and had got within two miles
of the village. he was suddenly confronted
| by an euraged bull moose. The lad met the
onset of the animal with shot from a small
revolver aud planted ball it his forehead
that brought him to the ground, and followed
| it up with six more shots and laid him cat. The
moose dressed over four hundred pounds.
CUMBERLAND.
Mrs. C. B. Woodman of Saccarappa re-
ceived letter from Wisconsin, Saturday the
Sth, via Watervile. her former home, from
brother, Geo. w. Spear, whom she had not
seen for thirty-two years and WAS supposed
to have been drowned thirty years ago.
The letter was addressed in her maiden name
and sent in care of gentleman who has
been dead twenty-five years
| Mr.. d. II. Chandler the popular leader of
Chambers band, came to this city in 1913,
says the Argus. In 1874 he became director
of the old Portland band, position he held
continuously until 1873, when he organized
the famous band that took the name of its
organizer and leader. Thus it appears that
when Mr.. Chandler resigns the leadership of
this band next January, as is now his inten'
ton, he will have been in continuous service
As band leader for over A years. Can this
record be surpassed in the United States?
HANCOCK.
The town of Bluehill may well take pride
in its record. 1t has been settled 125 years,
and the oldest inhabitant says that never was
native of the town sent to the State Prison.
OXFORD.
The Democrat 10 Norway items says: One
of the saddest of accidents happened to three
of our most highly esteemed young men,
Thursday about noon, which resulted fatally
Mark Lamrock and Charles Jadkins started
on hunting and fishing excursion. They
| camped in the vicinity of Moose Pond, OTIS
| field. Thursday while on the pond duck
| shooting they all fired at the same time and
| in the excitement of the moment the boat
capsized aud they were thrown into the wa
ter Lamrock being unable to swim was
| helped onto the boat to await assistance while
the other two swan for the shore. Charles
Judkins was alone able to touch bottom.
| Had it been necessary for him to have swan
a few rods further he too would have been
drowned. Hatch became exhausted before
reaching shore. 1t is presumed that Lam
rock became excited and slipped from the
boat when Hatch disappeared. A large party
| from Norway at once went in search of the
bodies which were secured Friday. John
Hatch was the only son of Stephen Hatch Of
| this village. The accident has cast shad-
dow over the entire community The par
ents and friends in their deep stfliction have
the sympathy of townspeople.
PENoBscoT.
Mr. John E. Booth, who is meeting with
much success in the manufacture of wigwam
slippers in Bangor, is to build a wing to his
| factory and introduce steam power next
spring. He has fitted up for permanent bus
mess and should the wigwam slipper business
| fail he will commence manufacturing boots,
shoes and moccasins.
| SAGADAHoC.
The Times of Oct. IL, says An attempt
was made this forenoon to test one of the
new boilers of the tug B. w. Morse, with
water When the pressure reached ITO
pounds to the square inch, a loud report was
heard followed by an escape of water from
the boiler On examination twas found that
the pressure applied had burst the boiler,
making a rent of four or more feet in length
in the she'll and cracking the upper part of
the head foot or more. The rent is near
the centre of one or more sheets. 1t is
claimed that the steel which entered into the
construction of the boiler is of inferior quail
| ity 1t woald appear from an examination
that the break was no fault of the construc-
tors The pressure intended to have been
put on the boiler was $50 pounds. The
accide Mt will delay perhaps a month or more
the completion of the boat. The other boil |
er has not been tested
down river woman who attended the
tiremen's muster in Bath last Tuesday, leav-
ing her husband at home in charge of domes-
tic affairs, and who to enjoy the racket still
further attended a candy pull after returning
home, not reaching the house till eleven
o'clock, found the door locked against her by
the imposed upon ana unhappy man, VINO, |
vexed beyond endurance at the long deferred
return of his pleasure loving spouse, had
gone to bed and barred her out.
WALDO.
Capt. Chas. Baker of Belfast has sued the
Republican Journal Publishing Co., for
alleged libel, claiming damages in the sum
of 1900.
SEARsMoST.- Our correspondent writes
Oct. IL: Miss Lizzie F. True is visiting in
Haverhill, Mass.-Wm. Mcfarland of Bruins
wick visited his sister here recently.-Rev. |
A. d. Norton of North Pownal is assisting
Rev G. NJ. Stilphen in special revival work. |
They are holding meetings at the Grange
hall in Belmont.-Mr. G. Stilphen of Dresden
is spending few days in town.-Mrs Mar
garet Fogg and daughter who has been il
Augusta for several weeks have returned and
will spend the winter in town.-Mr. Ibrook
Collins of Rockland has been in town on a
visit.
WASHINGTON.
The post-offics department seems to have
stirred up another hornets nest by discontinue
ing the post Office at West Lubec. The
Machias Republican saws the office aecommo-
dated about 1000 people in Prescott and Lubec
and the only cost was the postmaster's salary,